Robert Moses Didn’t Even Drive, Yet Destroyed Important NYC Neighborhoods with Roads

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Robert Moses never held elected office, never drove a car, and still managed to reshape New York City — and much of urban America — around highways, suburbs, and the automobile.

This video tells the story of how Moses rose from an obscure New York reformer to one of the most powerful city builders in modern history, how his roads and bridges transformed New York, and how his ideas helped inspire the highway projects that cut through cities like New Haven, Baltimore, St. Louis, Miami, Pittsburgh, and more. It’s a story about power, urban planning, highways, racism, public works, and the American cities we lost along the way. (Source: Volksgeist)